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,Test Bank For Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence forNursing
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Practice 10th Edition by Polit, Beck
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Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1 Introducing Nursing Research for Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter 2 Understanding Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative and Qualitative
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Research
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Chapter 3 Reading and Critically Appraising Research Articles
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Chapter 4 Attending to Ethics in Research
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Chapter 5 Identifying Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses
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Chapter 6 Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence in the Literature
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Chapter 7 Understanding Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
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Chapter 8 Appraising Quantitative Research Design
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Chapter 9 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Quantitative Studies Chapter
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10 Appraising Qualitative Designs and Approaches
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Chapter 11 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative Studies
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Chapter 12 Understanding Mixed Methods Research, Quality Improvement, and Other
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Special Types of Research
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Chapter 13 Understanding Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data
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Chapter 14 Interpreting Quantitative Findings and Evaluating Clinical Significance
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Chapter 15 Understanding the Analysis of Qualitative Data
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Chapter 16 Appraising Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research
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Chapter 17 Learning From Systematic Reviews
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Chapter 18 Putting Research Evidence Into Practice: Evidence-Based Practice and
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Practice-Based Evidence
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,CHAPTER 1: Introducing Nursing Research For Evidence-Based Practice
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Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice 10th Edition by Polit, Beck
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1. Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific
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base for nursing practice?
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A) Nursing administrators n


B) Practicing nurses n


C) Nurses' clients n


D) Health care policymakers n n




Ans: C Fe n n


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Nursing research is systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence about is
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sues of importance to nurses and their clients. Nurse leaders recognize the need to base sp
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ecific nursing decisions on evidence indicating that the decisions are clinically appropriat
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e, cost-
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effective, and result in positive clientyoutcomes. Although all of the people listed would b
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enefit from the development of a scientific base for nursing practice, ultimately it is the cl
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ients themselves who would most benefit, as they would then receive the most appropriat e
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and most effective care.
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2. An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
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A) Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice n n n n n n n n n


B) Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research n n n n n n n n n n


C) Document the role nursing serves in society n n n n n n


D) Establish research priorities n n




Ans:BFe n


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Nurses are increasingly expected to understand and undertake research and to base their p
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ractice on evidence from research. Evidence-
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based practice is the use of the best evidence in making patient care decisions and typicall y
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comes from research conducted by nurses and other health-
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care professionals. All of the other answers are possible goals for the nursing profession, but
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none is as important as establishing evidence for practice.
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3. Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
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paradigm?
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A) A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
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B) The nature of reality has changed over time n n n n n n n


C) Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humansn n n n n n n n


D) Reality cannot be studied empirically n n n n




Ans:CFe n


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In the constructivist paradigm, it is assumed that reality is not a fixed entity but is rather a
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construction of human minds, and thus “truth” is a composite of multiple constructions of
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, reality. However, constructivists do believe that reality can be studied empirically.
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Belief in a fixed reality that exists in nature for humans to understand would be anexample of a positivist
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belief, not a constructivist one. The constructivist belief does not hold so much that the nature of reality h as
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changed over time as that it has always been constructed by human minds.
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4. Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist
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paradigm?
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A) Theresearcher is objective and independent of those being studied n n n n n n n n


B) The researcher cannot interact with those beingystudied
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C) The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing
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information
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D) The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to
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enhance the interactive process
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Ans: A Fen n


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In the positivist paradigm, it is assumed that there is an objective reality and that natural p
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henomena are regular and orderly. In the constructivist paradigm, it is assumed that realit y
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is not a fixed entity but is rather a construction of human minds, and thus “truth” is a co
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mposite of multiple constructions of reality.
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5. Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific
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method?
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A) Control over external factors n n n


B) Systematicmeasurement and observation of natural phenomena n n n n n


C) Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research n n n n n n n n


D) Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context n n n n n n n n n n n n




Ans: D F n n


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Quantitative research (associated with positivism) involves the collection and analysis o f
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numeric information. Quantitative research is typically conducted within the traditiona l
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scientific method, which is systematic and controlled. Quantitative researchers base the ir
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findings on empirical evidence (evidence collected by way of the human senses) and s
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ntrive for generalizability beyond a single setting or situation.
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Constructivist researchers emphasizeunderstanding human experience as it is lived
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nthrough the collection and analysis of subjective, narrative materials using flexible
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nprocedures; this paradigm is associated with qualitative research.
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6. Empiricism refers to which of the following? n n n n n n


A) Making generalizations from specific observations n n n n


B) Articulating a study purpose in terms of an appropriate classification system n n n n n n n n n n


C) Gathering evidence about real-world phenomena through the senses n n n n n n n


D) Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based n n n n n n n n




Ans: CFeedback:
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Empiricism is gathering and analyzing evidence through their senses. Quantitative resear
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